tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post1946880814450655357..comments2024-03-20T13:35:46.089-04:00Comments on Life on two wheels: Aliens among us!David Massehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-4957421987138546932016-10-06T08:54:57.501-04:002016-10-06T08:54:57.501-04:00Rob you are the first person I know who has an act...Rob you are the first person I know who has an actual UFO experience. You hear about these things but it's never people you know.<br /><br />I think I feel more comfortable having been fooled by the blimp, rather than being in your shoes and faced with an unexplainable sight.<br /><br />Consider this though. Imagine a mirror held high in the sky. It is positioned so that you observe it reflecting the sun obliquely. It wouldn't glare, it might look bright grey. Now rotate the mirror on its axis slowly. As the mirror turns you would see less and less of your oblique view of its surface. You would perceive it to be shrinking, and interpret that to be the object speeding away from you. That was what we saw when the blimp rotated and the gondola went from perpendicular to our line of sight to parallel to it. As the mirror rotates, for a split second it reflects the sun directly at you resulting in a flash of light. Then the mirror is parallel to your line of sight and essentially invisible to you though still present.<br /><br />The blimp, with its formerly silvery skin, at the right altitude, rotating on its axis, could produce that bizarre effect.<br /><br />It's possible the blimp fooled you and your friends and neighbors like it fooled us.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-28707865354342392712016-10-05T06:31:56.806-04:002016-10-05T06:31:56.806-04:00Unlike your story...I actually did see a UFO. I m...Unlike your story...I actually did see a UFO. I must of been about 12, playing out in the yard with my brother and some neighbor kids. It was the middle of the day when something metallic showed up in the sky, hanging quietly above the little league ball field over near the high school. It was silent, more football shaped than anything, no lights to be seen. We lived not far from the greater Pittsburgh International airport. We were used to planes and helicopters and small jets. We all stared at this strange metallic sight, and one of us pounded on the door of our next door neighbor, who his life as an Air Force pilot, he came out and glared at the object....and muttered "what the hell is that?". Then it slowly started to turn and climb away from us, silently. Then a flash of light and it was gone. To this day we still have no logical explanation. The City Mouse in the Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522133156580411938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-79837337268416135342016-10-02T16:29:50.777-04:002016-10-02T16:29:50.777-04:00Given the opportunity I'd tag along for a week...Given the opportunity I'd tag along for a week, or even better, coast to coast. David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-8982544896233413612016-10-02T15:09:27.121-04:002016-10-02T15:09:27.121-04:00Cool video. Up close and personal for sure. Too ba...Cool video. Up close and personal for sure. Too bad you didn't get to board her - that would have been interesting.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-62965666460756282122016-10-02T13:05:14.169-04:002016-10-02T13:05:14.169-04:00Brandy life is often weird like that. 49 years is ...Brandy life is often weird like that. 49 years is a long time to wait to wrap up an interesting episode in your life.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-10854671281591391922016-10-02T13:03:39.578-04:002016-10-02T13:03:39.578-04:00Michael it's a true tale, the people are real,...Michael it's a true tale, the people are real, but the aliens were fake, as they usually are.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-81870250190559644292016-10-02T13:02:42.429-04:002016-10-02T13:02:42.429-04:00Based on my daughter's experience so far, she ...Based on my daughter's experience so far, she was supposed to have the blimp in Vancouver for an event but it didn't make it on time. It seems that flying a huge balloon around and making it anywhere on any kind of a schedule is a real challenge. It kind of has a thing for going sideways. Kind of like a keel-less canoe on a wind swept lake. I'd love a ride in that thing. That blimp support team has a real cool job, that's for sure.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-83469923110300138892016-10-02T12:10:49.252-04:002016-10-02T12:10:49.252-04:00Great story David. I am glad you were able to mee...Great story David. I am glad you were able to meet your alien ship all these years later.Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-71298786712781824722016-10-01T21:01:11.138-04:002016-10-01T21:01:11.138-04:00I was about ready to get mad at you for withhold...I was about ready to get mad at you for withholding the UFO story. Nice one. Conchscooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016331487463993200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-39515134206417486842016-10-01T19:51:40.753-04:002016-10-01T19:51:40.753-04:00That was a pretty cool opportunity. Next time she ...That was a pretty cool opportunity. Next time she needs to set you up with a ride! While growing up, the Goodyear blimp was a common sight in Southern Calif. I remember seeing it often docked next to the freeway in Orange County near the ocean (not sure what city). There was an article in Road & Track back in the early 70s where they tested the blimp at Orange County Raceway. Measuring 1/4 mile times and 0-60mph time. This was obviously a joke but it was a great article. <br /><br />Nice post and video.RichardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773834892715980735noreply@blogger.com